In re the City of New York

The awards made to claimants in the last partial and separate final decree entered in this proceeding on January 12, 1931, are questioned upon two grounds: (1) Upon the ground that there is an inequality between the amounts awarded for the damage parcels contained in this decree and the amounts awarded for the damage parcels which were contained in the first partial and separate final decree entered in this proceeding dated August 6, 1930; (2) it is claimed that the amounts awarded for damage parcels Nos. 153 and 154 (the Libby Hotel property) were excessive.

A brief consideration of the…